. >>> let's get down to washington, d.c. john harwood thas the latest ona meeting the president had. >> melissa, just wanted to bring you up to date in ways the administration is reaching out as they see the negotiations not having progressed. the house preparing to vote on plan b. and what's happening is, the administration, principally, tim geithner and other administration officials are reaching out to business, seeking some lever on the republican majority in the house, even though, you know, much of the opposition to what the president wants and the kind of deal he wants to strike with boehner comes from tea party types. they do believe that big company ceos and representatives or the major industry trade groups will have some influence with the republican party. secretary geithner was reaching out to ceos. last night, meetings with trade association representatives. one of the participants told me that the message from the white house is, things have gone backwards in recent days, we might go over the cliff, we don't w